On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 Holger Kiehl wrote:
> This patch is from Ralph Metzler <rjkm at metzlerbros.de> (see discussion under
> the thread: [Patch] Error in dvb_net.c on 64bit platforms) and has not made
> it into CVS nor into linux-kernel. It fixes a serious issue when removing
> multiple dvb network interfaces at once and the card does have hardware
> PID filters. These systems cannot be rebooted because they always hang
> when kernel or some scripts want to remove the interfaces. With this patch
> applied systems reboot without problems and there are no more oopses.
>> Please, please apply this patch.
I got Ralph's s-o-b via in private mail and comitted this patch with
minor cleanups now.
Johannes